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Press Releases
13 May 2022
G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on Strengthening Anticipatory Action in Humanitarian Assistance

Background Humanitarian needs are at a record high. Crises and conflicts, climate change impacts and disasters are increasingly threatening the lives and livelihoods of millions of people – trends exacerbated by the impacts of COVID19 and Russia’s unjustifiable, unprovoked and illegal war of aggression against Ukraine. For the humanitarian system to continue to be able […]

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Press Releases
13 May 2022
G7 Foreign Ministers’ Action Plan on COVID-19

We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, have endorsed the following Action Plan: Much has already been achieved by our efforts to end the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022, with global vaccine supply now rapidly […]

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Press Releases
12 May 2022
G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan

We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, express our strongest opposition and deplore the increasing restrictions imposed on the rights and freedoms of women and girls in Afghanistan by the Taliban. We stand with […]

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Press Releases
9 May 2022
G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the Hong Kong Chief Executive Selection

We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, underscore our grave concern over the selection process for the Chief Executive in Hong Kong as part of a continued assault on political pluralism and fundamental freedoms. […]

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Press Releases
7 April 2022
Statement of the G7 Foreign Ministers

We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union, condemn in the strongest terms the atrocities committed by the Russian armed forces in Bucha and a number of other Ukrainian towns. Haunting images of civilian deaths, […]

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6 April 2022
Minister Luigi Di Maio is in Brussels for the NATO and G7 Foreign Ministers’ meetings

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, is in Brussels today and tomorrow to attend the G7 and NATO Foreign Ministers’ meetings. The meetings will focus on the latest developments in the conflict in Ukraine, including the Bucha massacre, the ongoing diplomatic negotiations, and the Euro-Atlantic partner’s response to the extremely […]

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Press Releases
25 March 2022
G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on the launch of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile by North Korea

We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union strongly condemn the continued testing of ballistic missiles by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), including the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) launch conducted on March 24, […]

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Press Releases
24 March 2022
Participation by Undersecretary Di Stefano at G7 Trade meeting (23 March 2022)

Yesterday, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Hon. Manlio Di Stefano took part in an online meeting of G7 Trade Ministers and organised by the German Presidency. In addition to the Trade Ministers of the Member States, the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the Executive Vice […]

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Press Releases
4 March 2022
G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Statement of 04.03.2022

We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America, and the High Representative of the European Union reiterate our profound condemnation of Russia’s unprovoked and unjustifiable war of choice against Ukraine, enabled by the Belarussian government. Russia must immediately stop its ongoing assault against […]

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4 March 2022
Minister Di Maio to attend NATO and G7 extraordinary meetings and Foreign Affairs Council meeting (Brussels, 4 March)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, is in Brussels to attend the extraordinary meeting of NATO Foreign Affairs Ministers, aimed at addressing the situation in Ukraine. The meeting, summoned by NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, will also be attended by the Foreign Affairs Ministers of Sweden and Finland and by the […]

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